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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Finalists Announced for APM 2007 Project Management Awards - Ceremony & Banquet to be October 30 during London APM National Conference
Reported by Miles Shepherd from the UK
The Association for Project Management (APM), the main project management professional society in the United Kingdom (UK), will hold Project Management Awards dinner on the evening of October 30, 2007, day one of the 2007 APM Project Management Conference. The conference will be held at the Brewery Conference Centre in the City of London during October 30-31, 2007.
For the past 14 years the APM Project Management Awards have been rewarding and celebrating project management successes, from the Eden Project to record breaking round the world voyages. The awards reflect the invaluable contribution project management and project managers make in all sections of society. The finalists and winners attract national publicity and many benefit from a career boost as a result, both at business and individual levels.
Continuing the trend of recent years this will be the biggest APM event to date, combining the awards dinner with the first national APM Project Management Conference. All winners and runners-up receive a wealth of prizes and publicity.
Winners
Practitioners - an exclusive trophy (pictured) by British designer Nigel Cripps to be presented at the Awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, featured in unprecedented publicity throughout the year, featured as a case study on the APM Awards website and in the APM Awards brochure.
Academic - an exclusive trophy presented at the awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, and coverage in the APM awards brochure.
All winners will be featured in Project magazine’s awards special, and promoted throughout the 2008 awards campaign.
Runners-up
Runners-up receive a certificate, use of a finalists’ logo, featured in all awards publicity, announced as a finalist at the awards dinner, featured on the APM awards website and the APM awards brochure. Runners-up will also appear in a mini-feature in Project magazine awards special.
The Finalists for the 2007 APM Project Management Awards have now been revealed, as follows:
Project Manager of the Year- sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions
- Alice Chow of Arup
- Martin Cross of Turner & Townsend
- Sebastian Ennulat of IBM
- Stuart Godden of BAE Systems
Young Project Manager of the Year- sponsored by PMProfessional Learning
- Michael Chappell of Jacobs
- David Epps of Moorhouse Consulting
- Jimmy Zammar of Davis Langdon
Project of the Year- sponsored by Siemens
- Availability Transformation Tornado Aircraft Contract (ATTAC) by BAE Systems.
- Project Kearsley by Siemens
- Thirlmere Aqueduct Refurbishment by MWH
Project Management Company of the Year- sponsored by ESI International
- Arup
- Moorhouse Consulting
- MWH
Programme of the Year- sponsored by Program Framework
- Metropolitan Police C3i Programme by Hitachi
- Project SLAM by White Young Green
- Marks & Spencer Refurbishment by Davis Langdon
Overseas Project of the Year- sponsored by The Projects Group
- Nokia Global Retail Programme by Faithful & GOuld
- Water and Waste Master Planning by MWH
Community Project of the Year- sponsored by Project
- Birkenhead Park Restoration by Turner & Townsend
- Dalby Forst Visitors' Centre by Turner & Townsend
- Myguide Project by LogicaCMG
The Sir Monty Finniston Award will also be presented by the judging panel to the individual or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of project management as a vehicle for effective change
Finally, there are an additional three academic awards, the Geoffrey Trimble Award, the Herbert Walton Award, and the Brian Willis Award- all sponsored by BAE Systems.
The 2007 APM Project Management Conference - The Business of Projects – will be held at The Brewery Conference Centre in London during 30-31 October 2007. The first such event for the association in its long history, the 2007 conference will focus on project management “issues of national importance” in the UK. The two day conference is being formatted to include a plenary session to begin the conference, three main tracks of presentations and discussions each day, and a closing plenary.
During the conference, the following important project management topics of national interest in the UK will be discussed:
- The Business of Projects
- Governance of Projects and Project Management
- The Project Management Skills Gap
- Learning from Mega Projects
- Project Management in a Sustainable Society
Book your place at the event now
For your opportunity to join the celebrations at the presentation dinner, to inquire about discounts for tables of ten or twelve, or for further details about the awards, please email jocelyn.poore@apm.org.uk. For more information about the APM conference and for an opportunity to take part in developing the project management agenda in the UK, visit www.apm.org.uk/conference.asp.
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the national body for professional project management in the United Kingdom (UK). With over 15,000 individual and 390 corporate members, APM is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Europe. The organization develops and promotes project management across all sectors of industry and beyond. APM's mission is: "To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit." At the heart of the association is the APM Body of Knowledge; containing fifty-two knowledge areas required to manage any successful project. APM promotes the use of the APM Body of Knowledge through qualifications, accredited training, research, publications and events. APM is the UK member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). With headquarters in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, APM has twelve regional branches throughout the UK and one in Hong Kong. Additional information can be found at www.apm.org.uk.
The Association for Project Management (APM), the main project management professional society in the United Kingdom (UK), will hold Project Management Awards dinner on the evening of October 30, 2007, day one of the 2007 APM Project Management Conference. The conference will be held at the Brewery Conference Centre in the City of London during October 30-31, 2007.
Continuing the trend of recent years this will be the biggest APM event to date, combining the awards dinner with the first national APM Project Management Conference. All winners and runners-up receive a wealth of prizes and publicity.
Practitioners - an exclusive trophy (pictured) by British designer Nigel Cripps to be presented at the Awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, featured in unprecedented publicity throughout the year, featured as a case study on the APM Awards website and in the APM Awards brochure.
Academic - an exclusive trophy presented at the awards dinner, a winner’s certificate, use of a winner’s logo, and coverage in the APM awards brochure.
All winners will be featured in Project magazine’s awards special, and promoted throughout the 2008 awards campaign.
Runners-up
Runners-up receive a certificate, use of a finalists’ logo, featured in all awards publicity, announced as a finalist at the awards dinner, featured on the APM awards website and the APM awards brochure. Runners-up will also appear in a mini-feature in Project magazine awards special.
The Finalists for the 2007 APM Project Management Awards have now been revealed, as follows:
Project Manager of the Year- sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions
- Alice Chow of Arup
- Martin Cross of Turner & Townsend
- Sebastian Ennulat of IBM
- Stuart Godden of BAE Systems
Young Project Manager of the Year- sponsored by PMProfessional Learning
- Michael Chappell of Jacobs
- David Epps of Moorhouse Consulting
- Jimmy Zammar of Davis Langdon
Project of the Year- sponsored by Siemens
- Availability Transformation Tornado Aircraft Contract (ATTAC) by BAE Systems.
- Project Kearsley by Siemens
- Thirlmere Aqueduct Refurbishment by MWH
Project Management Company of the Year- sponsored by ESI International
- Arup
- Moorhouse Consulting
- MWH
Programme of the Year- sponsored by Program Framework
- Metropolitan Police C3i Programme by Hitachi
- Project SLAM by White Young Green
- Marks & Spencer Refurbishment by Davis Langdon
Overseas Project of the Year- sponsored by The Projects Group
- Nokia Global Retail Programme by Faithful & GOuld
- Water and Waste Master Planning by MWH
Community Project of the Year- sponsored by Project
- Birkenhead Park Restoration by Turner & Townsend
- Dalby Forst Visitors' Centre by Turner & Townsend
- Myguide Project by LogicaCMG
The Sir Monty Finniston Award will also be presented by the judging panel to the individual or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of project management as a vehicle for effective change
Finally, there are an additional three academic awards, the Geoffrey Trimble Award, the Herbert Walton Award, and the Brian Willis Award- all sponsored by BAE Systems.
The 2007 APM Project Management Conference - The Business of Projects – will be held at The Brewery Conference Centre in London during 30-31 October 2007. The first such event for the association in its long history, the 2007 conference will focus on project management “issues of national importance” in the UK. The two day conference is being formatted to include a plenary session to begin the conference, three main tracks of presentations and discussions each day, and a closing plenary.
During the conference, the following important project management topics of national interest in the UK will be discussed:
- The Business of Projects
- Governance of Projects and Project Management
- The Project Management Skills Gap
- Learning from Mega Projects
- Project Management in a Sustainable Society
Book your place at the event now
For your opportunity to join the celebrations at the presentation dinner, to inquire about discounts for tables of ten or twelve, or for further details about the awards, please email jocelyn.poore@apm.org.uk. For more information about the APM conference and for an opportunity to take part in developing the project management agenda in the UK, visit www.apm.org.uk/conference.asp.
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